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9 1 Laurie Paolicelli said she would look into this. 2 Commissioner Dorosin said this is more than a university town. 3 Commissioner Price asked if the Visitor's Bureau is considering moving to a new 4 location for more visibility. 5 Laurie Paolicelli said no formal decisions have been made on this, and it has been a 6 discussion item for years. She said she believed if the bureau was in a more visible transit 7 corridor there would be more walk in traffic. 8 Commissioner Dorosin asked where this location would be in Orange County. 9 Laurie Paolicelli said she would like to be closer to the MLK/1-40 freeway entrance. She 10 said there may need to be a joint effort with the municipalities. She said another option would 11 be to put in visitor kiosks, and a future goal is to have more interactivity. 12 Chair McKee said he actually received a letter today that discussed the origin of the 13 earlier referenced slogan. 14 Chair McKee referenced the work done by the visitor's bureau, and he thanked them for 15 their efforts. 16 17 • Commission for the Environment - Jan Sassaman, Chair 18 Jan Sassaman said the Commissioner for the Environment had an opportunity to meet 19 with the Board of County Commissioners last fall, and it was a very productive meeting. 20 He thanked the Board of County Commissioners for promptly approving the candidacy of Lynne 21 Gronbeck on March 17th. He said this year the commission has taken it on themselves to 22 informally interview candidates and invite them to their meetings, and this has worked out well. 23 Jan Sassaman referred to the concerns and emerging issues on the last page of the 24 report. He thanked Commissioner Dorosin for his suggestion of the need to address some of 25 the environmental justice issues, and he said the commission is taking steps to do that. 26 He said there will be several people from the National Institute of Environmental Health 27 Sciences at the next meeting, and their focus will be on health and environmental justice. He 28 said the goal will be to introduce the terminology and important issues in order to update the 29 State of the Environment report in a directed fashion. 30 He said a schedule has been set to have frequent interest articles in the local 31 newspapers regarding some of the issues brought out in the State of the Environment. He said 32 the first of these issues will be regarding the invasive plant species, hydrilla. 33 Commissioner Rich said she attended one of their board meetings, and it is a very 34 active board. She said all of the members meshed well together and this is an advantage to 35 getting things done. 36 Commissioner Price suggested that it may be beneficial to broaden the scope and 37 membership of the board to include an environmental justice position. 38 Commissioner Dorosin thanked them for taking this issue on and he said one person 39 who might be a good resource is David Caldwell from the Rogers Road community. 40 41 • Economic Development Advisory Board - Donald (DR) Bryan, Chair and Steve 42 Brantley 43 DR Bryan said their board came before the Commissioners last month regarding the 44 grant program. He said the recommended changes have been implemented, and this grant 45 application process has gone live. He said the goal is to have quite a few applicants. He said 46 the advisory board has a proposed subcommittee for the small business grant program, and 47 names will be submitted for the Board of County Commissioners' consideration soon. 48 DR Bryan said there is currently $200,000 in the business grant program and $160,000 49 in the agricultural grant program.